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Doctors used to prescribe a "change of air" in the 18-19th centuries. Maybe they still should.

enquirewithin 1mo ago
Sanitariums https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanatorium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanatorium I guess the modern descendants are the health retreat, the rural airbnb, and the day spa that offers oxygen therapy.
LargoLasskhyfv 1mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftkurort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftkurort
aitchnyu 1mo ago
I wanted to long for the time when people hated "Malaria" and wanted to move to "Beunos Aires". But they believed the arrows chase us at daytime and the plague engulf us at night, like in the Psalm.
- Hugsbox 1mo ago
  Brother what are you even talking about
dzhiurgis 1mo ago
Since Eastern Europe is relatively poor and sensitive to energy prices a lot of households invested into insulation, new windows, etc. Last 20 years there was also a huge boom for heat recovery ventilation. Such a simple and inexpensive device that provides so much. Should be first item in every household to invest into. Funny part is that locals here are absolutely scared of any sign of draft or direct aircon. All while it's what actually saves their health lol.
- foobarian 1mo ago
  > Funny part is that locals here are absolutely scared of any sign of draft or direct aircon I have always been and am still baffled by this. My whole family loses their minds if there is even a slight draft or AC, whether in the house or car. When my brother visits he incessantly closes car vents and windows. Parents constantly nag to put on warm clothes and avoid drafts etc., and when we inevitably get sick a few times a year mostly from school transmitted cold viruses they gloat about it. Maybe it's a cultural thing from times without good heat/insulation where drafts meant an actual freezing house, which, yes that would actually have an impact on health.
  - nathancahill 1mo ago
    I was in Sarajevo during COVID, I'm sure a reason the numbers were so bad there is from everyone being in enclosed spaces with no ventilation. Smoking without ventilation was bad enough, now add a virus on top of it.

Sanitariums https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanatorium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanatorium I guess the modern descendants are the health retreat, the rural airbnb, and the day spa that offers oxygen therapy.

LargoLasskhyfv 1mo ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftkurort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftkurort

aitchnyu 1mo ago

I wanted to long for the time when people hated "Malaria" and wanted to move to "Beunos Aires". But they believed the arrows chase us at daytime and the plague engulf us at night, like in the Psalm.

Hugsbox 1mo ago
Brother what are you even talking about

dzhiurgis 1mo ago

Since Eastern Europe is relatively poor and sensitive to energy prices a lot of households invested into insulation, new windows, etc. Last 20 years there was also a huge boom for heat recovery ventilation. Such a simple and inexpensive device that provides so much. Should be first item in every household to invest into. Funny part is that locals here are absolutely scared of any sign of draft or direct aircon. All while it's what actually saves their health lol.

foobarian 1mo ago
> Funny part is that locals here are absolutely scared of any sign of draft or direct aircon I have always been and am still baffled by this. My whole family loses their minds if there is even a slight draft or AC, whether in the house or car. When my brother visits he incessantly closes car vents and windows. Parents constantly nag to put on warm clothes and avoid drafts etc., and when we inevitably get sick a few times a year mostly from school transmitted cold viruses they gloat about it. Maybe it's a cultural thing from times without good heat/insulation where drafts meant an actual freezing house, which, yes that would actually have an impact on health.
- nathancahill 1mo ago
  I was in Sarajevo during COVID, I'm sure a reason the numbers were so bad there is from everyone being in enclosed spaces with no ventilation. Smoking without ventilation was bad enough, now add a virus on top of it.